Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

semba

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables: sem-ba
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A genre of traditional music and dance from Angola.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese semba, from Kimbundu semba (“belly-bump”), from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Doublet of samba.

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: semba

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does semba mean?: A genre of traditional music and dance from Angola.
Where does semba come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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